City-level CO2, CH4, and NO2 observations from Space: Airborne model
demonstration over Nagoya
Abstract
The Thermal And Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observation
Fourier-Transform Spectrometer (TANSO-FTS) onboard the Greenhouse gases
Observing SATellite (GOSAT) launched in Jan. 2009 has demonstrated
accurate and precise CO2 and CH4 distribution measurements from space.
The globally acquired data have contributed to reduce the uncertainties
in global and regional flux inverse estimates. In response to the urgent
need for monitoring carbon emissions from intense localized sources,
such as cities and power plants, we have been developing a next
generation instrument that should be able to detect and map plumes from
the intense sources with a 1km spatial resolution. We design our system
to implement both targeted observations for intense local sources with
high spatial resolution and wide-swath observations for covering the
earth’s entire surface with 2-axes pointing system and two telescopes.
We have developed airborne imaging spectrometer suites with three
imaging spectrometers: 0.47 µm for nitrogen dioxide (NO2), 0.76 µm for
oxygen (O2) and solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) and 1.6 µm
for carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). The airplane observations
successfully recorded CO2 and NO2 enhancements over a power plant in
Greater Nagoya Area. In our presentation, we will present our first
emission estimates based on the simultaneous CO2 and NO2 observation.